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I found an edu site with a long list of unusual words. I'll put a sampling of them here each day. aba: garment of camel or goat hair; camel or goat-hair fabric abditive: remote; secret; hidden ablepsia: blindness aboideau: tide gate abraid: to awaken or rouse abthane: monastic region of the old Irish church aby: to make amends; atone; pay a penalty acatour: provisioner; quartermaster accentor: songbird
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These are lovely words, wwh...some of them.
What would the purpose of a tide gate be...the 'aboideau'?
And the songbird, the 'accentor'--that's lovely. It makes me think of the verb 'to record' in one use: to practice a song, as in a songbird recording its song
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abraid: to awaken or rouse
Related to and/or a milder form of upbraid?
upbraid: 1. to criticize severely; find fault with 2. to reproach severely; scold vehemently
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Dear WO'N: :Upbraid is to address abrasively.
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Dear Dr. Bill: That's right out of Webster's:
Main Entry: up·braid Pronunciation: "&p-'brAd Function: transitive verb Etymology: Middle English upbreyden, from Old English upbregdan, probably from up up + bregdan to snatch, move suddenly -- more at BRAID Date: 14th century 1 : to criticize severely : find fault with 2 : to reproach severely : scold vehemently synonym see SCOLD - up·braid·er noun
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Dear WO'N: to "upbraid" is to dress down.
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accidie: sloth; physical torpor accite: to cite; to summon accosted: in heraldry, two figures placed side by side accrementition: increase or growth by adding similar material aceldama: site or scene of violence or bloodshed acersecomic: one whose hair has never been cut acinaceous: full of kernels acock: defiantly acoria: pathologically great appetite acre-breadth: old unit of length of 22 yards acromegaly: glandular disorder causing gigantism of extremities actinism: action of solar radiation causing chemical change aculeiform: shaped like a thorn
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From J-u-a-n's paste:
bregdan to snatch, move suddenly -- more at BRAID
I'll tell you one thing. Wheb my mother used to braid my hair, she sure as hell snatched it horribly--nearly pulled it out by the roots. Felt like unbraiding her for braiding me so harshly, but, hey, she was my mom and I loved her.
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Dear WW: I finally found "aboideau" in forthright's phrontistery. It means "tide gate". Venice for instance has spent millions for a tide gate to minimize destructive effects of extra high tides. In some places in France, they now have gates to hold high tide from going out, to make it generate electricity. Original meaning was "dike", but somehow different from usual dikes, couldn't find details. Today we have Watergates, to flush out rascals.
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Dear WO'N: to "upbraid" is to dress down. Pretty cool, Dr. Bill. I think you may have created a new form here! 'Cause it's not actually a pun, although it plays off the word in a like manner with a twinkle of humor. BUT, it is also a spot-on definition. A tough dichotomy to pull off. Is there a term for this, tsuwm? Or should we christen it a Dr.Billonym?
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